I decided to use the new St. Louis Centre Memorial Parking Garage last Friday. That was a big mistake. I had already seen the new exterior, but I wanted the opportunity to see the new parking garage built in the floors of the old mall. I must say, it is the most open, light-filled parking…
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Street Level Renovations of the Former St. Louis Centre
Update: New commentary written in October of 2024. The renovation of the old St. Louis Centre into ground level retail turned out to be a great success, with numerous businesses moving in. The parking garage above, in the old mall space, can still be renovated into occupied leasable space in the future. I like the…
Progress on the Skybridge
I saw the craziest thing last week coming down Washington around 18th St. I saw Illinois. And the now egregiously obvious I-70 elevated lanes. It’s fun to see a building that has been entombed with another building for 25 years come out from beneath the newer structure.
Skybridge Coming Down
They’re tearing down the bridge over Washington Avenue, and as one poster on the Post-Dispatch comment section said (I know, an intelligent comment from that forum?), you could probably put the officials’ remarks today next to the ones said 25 years ago, and they’d be nearly identical. BS like this will transform downtown, the best…